The Effect of Static Stretch and Warm-up Exercise on Hamstring Length over the Course of 24 Hours

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 727-733

  De Weijer, Volkert C ^a,d   Gorniak, Gerard C ^b   Shamus, Eric ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of St Augustine for Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Nova Southeastern University   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Lower extremity; Muscle length; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0346992296     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2003.33.12.727     Document Type: Article

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